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SKW5938 SkyWest

Embraer EMB-175 LR · N140SY · FCA → SFO

· 0:35Quality 84side-on

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −84%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
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Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
77%
First lockfrom target selected
4.7 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.33° / 0.13°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
0.90° / 0.92°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
4.1°
Time to 8°from first lock
4.4 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
6.6 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
12.4 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.28° / 0.12°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.41° / 0.50°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
0.0
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
1.98°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
0.53°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.62°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
0.25°
Zoom steps
18

Aircraft & route

Flight
SKW5938
Registration
N140SY
Type
Embraer EMB-175 LR
Airline
SkyWest
From
FCA · Kalispell
To
SFO · San Francisco
Ground speed
255 kt
Altitude at closest
11,225 ft
Vertical rate
-64 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a0a457

Pass geometry

Max elevation
29.5°
Elevation at start → end
29.5° → 21.2°
Azimuth at start → end
46° NE → 76° ENE
Closest-approach azimuth
46° NE
Minimum slant range
7.0 km
Heading at closest
116° ESE
Aspect at closest
side-on (70°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
No
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
No
Duration
0:35 (35.3 s)
Lock
77%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-13g — debanding (archive s2 + live shader)
Commit
181d1fa+wip
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
17.5 MB · 35.0 s · offset -1.3 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
rateFloorDegPerDps
2.5
rateFloorMaxDeg
12
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

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